Money-laundering ‘crackdown’ closes currency exchanges throughout Portugal
The Bank of Portugal has ordered the suspension of all operations at Money One and Transfex currency exchanges as police launch a huge investigation into drug-trafficking and money-laundering potentially linked
Pre-election nastiness gets into its stride with PS calling government leaders Portugal’s new “troika”
Silly season stories will be compounded this summer by the fact that Portugal also faces a general election. While sniping and snarling has been going at full throttle in UK,
Lisbon tourist tax “illegality” signalled by Brussels
Lisbon’s controversial tourist tax could well be illegal as it contravenes EU laws outlawing “discrimination on grounds of nationality”. So says European Commissioner for Justice Vera Jorouvá, who was questioned
Former government minister suspected of “abusing” Golden Visas “bites the bullet”
Taking the bull by the horns, former interior minister Miguel Macedo has finally asked parliament to waive his protected status so that police investigating Golden Visa corruption can question him
Pilots “divided” over TAP’s looming 10-day strike
As the countdown begins towards the 10-day strike at TAP called by pilots’ union SPAC, a national newspaper has revealed that hundreds of pilots are against the walkout and may
Teacher denies “sexual relationship” with 15-year-old
Liliana Costa – the 34-year-old chemistry teacher suspended two weeks ago for allegedly maintaining a “sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old student – has denied the claim, saying she has been
Tax ministry’s jailbird driver caught-up in nepotism row
A 24-year-old man working as the official driver for the Secretary of State for Finance Manuel Rodrigues was arrested this week after police found a 200-gram stash of hashish hidden
Murder in Alcoutim: shooter asks family for forgiveness but “explains nothing”
Police, family and friends are at a loss to what led a forestry worker to shoot his boss fatally in the head in Alcoutim yesterday. According to locals, the brutal
Portugal sends troops to fight IS
Portugal will be sending 30 soldiers to Iraq to help international forces in the fight against terrorist group Islamic State. The news was confirmed by Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister Rui
Campaigning dentist denounces three deaths “caused by scandalous BES carve-up”
As the Governor of the Bank of Portugal attempts, some would say inelegantly, to justify the plight of thousands caught-up in last summer’s BES ‘carve-up’, the campaigning dentist fighting for